Buena Regional School District Superintendent David Cappuccio and the Board of Education met on Wednesday night to discuss the December 19 incident involving referee Alan Maloney and Buena Regional High School varsity wrestler Andrew Johnson.

Cappuccino announced at the meeting that Maloney is "done working with our district," according to WPVI.

In video of the incident, Johnson looked visibly upset as an athletic trainer cuts off his dreadlocks. Johnson had to use injury time for the haircut and almost ran out of time wrestling his competitor during the match.

The video of Johnson's hair being cut sparked outrage online, with many accusing the referee of racism.

Dominic A. Speziali, an attorney for the Johnson family, said in a statement Monday that Maloney told Johnson just before the start of his match that his hair "wasn't in its natural state" and referred to the dreadlocks as "braids."

They said Maloney missed the weigh-in, where wrestlers' appearances are inspected so officials can inform competitors of any rule violations before matches begin.

"As this matter is further investigated, the family wants to be clear that they are supportive of Andrew's coaches and the team's athletic trainer," Speziali said in the statement. "The blame here rests primarily with the referee and those that permitted him to continue in that role despite clear evidence of what should be a disqualifying race-related transgression."

The family said Johnson, a junior at Bueno Regional High, was previously able to wrestle with the dreadlocks without issue.

Maloney is now facing a civil rights investigation, Leland Moore, a spokesperson in the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, told Buzzfeed News.

The American Civil Liberties Union in New Jersey said in a statement that the incident was "not about hair," but "about race."

"How many different ways will people try to exclude black people from public life without having to declare their bigotry?" the ACLU chapter tweeted on Friday.